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525 ILCS 45/2

(525 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1602)

Sec. 2.

Declaration of Policy.

The General Assembly declares it to
be in the public interest to better manage and conserve water, to
establish a mechanism for restricting withdrawals of groundwater in
emergencies, and to provide
for public notice of planned substantial withdrawals of water after the
effective date of this Act from new points of withdrawal before water is withdrawn.

(Source: P.A. 85-483.)